For the following experiment, write a possible hypothesis, and then identify the independent variable, dependent variable, and controlled variables. Susan wants to find the fastest route to drive to youth group. She can take the freeway, arterials, or residential roads on her way to youth group.
We discussed the importance of having only one independent variable, but trying to test more than one independent variable is an error many people make. In the following experiment, identify the errors that the experimenter made and summarize a valid way to test his research question: What cooking spray best keeps food from sticking to a pan? In the morning, Dan uses grapeseed oil to cook eggs for breakfast; for lunch, he uses vegetable oil spray to coat a muffin tray and cooks cornbread to eat with his chili; for dinner, he uses olive oil to pan cook a hamburger patty.
Design a simple experiment that you could conduct at home. What is your hypothesis? What are the independent, dependent, and…
